Career planning and advancement does not have to be a chore. Take some time to visualize what and where you want to be in small bites. Three months, six months up to a year. What additional knowledge do you need to acquire to reach these career goals? If you career plan, for example, is to add [...]
We’ve all had jobs that turned into disasters. The boss was bad and his boss was no better. We had difficulty understanding how the company stayed in business. The atmosphere was negative and getting worse. Your first thought was to tell the SOB’s what you thought and then with our head held high walk out of the [...]
Do you love your job? Or if you have a “hate my job” day, try this: On your way home from work, stop at your pharmacy and go to the thermometer section and purchase a rectal thermometer made by Johnson & Johnson. Be sure you get this brand. When you get home, lock your doors, [...]
While working as the HR manager in a large distribution center I made it my job to get to know all of the 400+ employees in the building. In a conversation with one employee, he was in his early 40s, married, no children, high school education and over 18 years with the company. He was questioning about getting [...]
It’s been said that in five years we are what we read in that period. Think about it, if the sum of your career planning after five years is you can name all the American Idol semi-finalists, or Survivor participants you’ll find yourself slipping farther behind. Contrast this lazy approach with reading 10, 20 or even 40 [...]